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Patrick, Grant, Mort: Thanks for the good wishes and yes, I spent most of yesterday in my shipyard - however not working on Victory but on my paper model "Schwarzer Rabe". Cheers, Rosmarie

Hi Anja Thanks a lot for the good wishes!! Rosmarie

Thanks for all the kind words!! Jerry: I hope you won’t have to wait too long and that you start your own build log of your Victory. And sure, everybody in the forum will help you, just ask… Kevin, garym, mort: thanks for looking by and for your kind comments. Anja: thanks for the compliments, especially since it comes from an extremely talented lady. I mean, it’s nice to find other female modellers in this forum. Since the absolutely brilliant idea didn’t arrive while sleeping this night, I simply started with gluing the water buckets at their places, with thick CA. I will wait until tomorrow, when everything is absolutely fix and then I will care for the ropes, hang them over the hooks, then some watered wood glue over the know and then some dark colour – I don’t want the ropes to shine… In the meantime I started with the work on the galion. The first paint is done with some smears… Well, tomorrow a second and better one will follow anyway… Cheers, Rosmarie

Hello everybody After finishing the deck details I started with the gun port lids. Since “Schwarzer Rabe” has mainly been a merchandise vessel and as such sailed with closed gun ports, I decided to show in in this way. In addition, I didn’t love the card-guns much… As you can see, the lids are done quite detailed. Then I started with making the masts. For this I used wood which had to be bevelled and sanded in form. The attached parts, top, cap, cross tree were made from card. The following pics show the gunport lid, finished gun ports, and the main mast with all its details. Cheers, Rosmarie

Hello From now on I will continue my build log. If everybody has questions regarding to the older – lost – part, just ask them, I’m always ready to help you with tips and/or pictures. In the last days I constructed the stairs to the poopdeck and glued them in place. The rail will follow when everything in this region is finished because I fear to break it while working on the water buckets. I also finished the barricade (? Or how is this thing names on which the water buckets are hanged???) and prepared the buckets: I drilled holes and put the “ropes” through them. At the moment I’m waiting for THE GOOD IDEA how to hang them on the small hooks… Cheers, Rosmarie

Hi Gil I'm so happy that you are back here too. And you are lucky to have a son who was able so safe you all those "lost" pictures!! I'm looking forward seeing them again in this great forum. Cheers and good luck Rosmarie

I finished the rails, attached several details to the deck, completed the galion and attached the rudder. Pictures: 1 Fluytes show the way from the tiller to a wheel: the mechanism was according to the later wheel while there wasn’t a wheel on deck. 2 pumps, bit 3 parts of the bit 4 completed galion 5 spill And some pics showing the vessel Cheers, Rosmarie

Uuups, I forgot the last pic with the beautiful and very special (typical fluyte) stern.

Hello everybody I continued with some deck details, i.e. the gratings. This was followed by the building of the galion which was constructed from several lasercut parts. Again, I was very happy with Shipyards work, all parts matched perfectly! The whole galion was then painted, some decorations added and everything covered with varnish. Then I fixed the vertical stabilizers of the inner bulwark: a lot of small stripes glued in place. This was followed by the construction of the rail on the poop deck. This was hard work since the pillars are very small (1mm x 1mm) and aren’t as firm as those from wood. So they tend to break when the upper rail is fixed. After the rails I could finish the stern. Here you can also see the very special form of the stern of the fluyte. Cheers, Rosmarie

Hi Mobbsie Just found your log on Agamemnon - I love this ship and would really like to build it too, but first I have to finish Victory. Thanks for the log!! Cheers, Rosmarie

Hi Denis Good to have you back here, so I can continue to follow your great build. Cheers, Rosmarie

Hello Jarek Fantastic build! I really love your card Victory! Cheers, Rosmarie

Hi Anja The good part of the bad one (everything lost here) is that you find logs you didn't notice before. A wonderfult built you did!! Will follow your log now and love you vessel. Cheers, Rosmarie

Hi Kevin Great to have you back here too - looking forward to the first pictures. Cheers, Rosmarie

Hi Grant Great to see you back here too! Cheers, Rosmarie

Hi Dave It's wonderful to have another Vic-build log here! Cheers, Rosmarie

Hi Derek It's great that you too are back here again!! Cheers, Rosmarie

Hi David Great to have to back here too - your Vic looks still great! Cheers, Rosmarie

Hi Yon Great to have you back here too - and your Vic looks great!! Cheers, Rosmarie

Hi Patrick Great to have you back here too - and your Vic still looks great! Cheers, Rosmarie

Hello everybody I forgot to mention, that the blue top part towards the stern is made with overlapping strips of paper, as it was done in the original. And I also forgot to write about the gunport sills, made from 1x1mm card and glued to backside of the first planking. So there are “real” gunports. There are also two “walls” on the main deck, on which there are small stripes of paper overlapping each other. Next follow the several wales, single planks glued on top of the second planking. Cheers, Rosmarie

Uuuups, there happened some disorder in the serie... sorry! Cheers Rosmarie

Hello everybody Today I will start my second build log in this great forum. Presently I am not only working on my model of the HMS Victory (Caldercraft) but started my first card model “Schwarzer Rabe” by Shipyard, 1:96. Schwarzer Rabe (black raven) is a typical fluyt, a type of ship created in the Netherlands around the end of the 16th century. The fluyts were common in Northern Germany, The Baltic Sea and had some features distinguishing them from other types of sailing ships. They had a characteristic round stern and special proportions of the hull: narrow deck (because Danish customs were charged according to the deck space) and wide lower hull since fluyts were merchandise vessel and needed to store as much goods as possible. As a result of that the bulwark is strongly moving inside towards the deck. Schwarzer Rabe was captured by the Poles and was then one of the vessels of the victorious Royal Polish Fleet in the battle of Oliwa in 1627. Its original dimensions are: length approx.. 106 ft, width approx.. 7m. The card model will be 40,5 cm long, 16,8cm wide and 34 cm high. The vessel was armed with 8 cannons. In addition to the card model set I also bought a set with lasercut ribs, details of the construction, masts (round wood). In the first few pics I will show you parts of the card set. Further pics show the construction of the hull. First, the ribs were glued together with the deck. Then comes the so-called first planking. Everything is strongly glued and gives a stable hull. Then the inner bulwarks are glued in place. This is followed by the second planking. The second planks are small stripes of paper with 2-3 planks.

Next comes the bow / front part as well as some pictures showing the whole vessel. With this I will finish the upload of old pictures. At the moment I am busy with the water buckets - they are ready but I didn't yet find a good solution to hang the tiny parts on their places... Cheers, Rosmarie

The next series of pics shows the making of the stern and galleries. Cheers, Rosmarie